St. Piran League
West Division
Saturday 16th April 2022
Kick Off 15.00 Actual 15.01
St. Day 2 Mullion 4, attendance 85
13’ 0-1
26’ 0-2
47’ 1-2
61’ 1-3
70’ 1-4
90’ 2-4
@ Vogue Park
Vogue Terrace
St. Day
TR16 5NQ
£3 Admission
No Programme.
As with yesterday, I was left with little choice of games if I was to avoid reserve opposition. It was a toss up between leaders Illogan R.B.L., who were hosting bottom of the table St. Ives Town, or this game, which was 2nd versus 3rd in the league table. In the end, there was only one game anyway, as St. Ives decided less than three hours before kick off that they couldn’t be bothered to ’raise a team’ and are one to be avoided at all costs in future, unless there is a nearby back up. With Illogan being awarded the three points for the St. Ives ’no show’, it meant there was an even greater significance to this match. If St. Day lost, then Illogan would be champions. Ten minutes before kick off the Illogan squad arrived to watch the game, taking over the balcony at the front of the clubhouse.
Mullion started very brightly, opening the scoring on thirteen minutes, before doubling their lead on twenty six minutes, when touching in a cross at the near post. It was still 0-2 at halftime, but St. Day were back in it two minutes after the restart, scrambling the ball over the line from close range. It was certainly game on now, especially when Mullion had a player sin binned four minutes later. The ten men edged 1-3 in front, scoring directly from a corner, with what was the last kick before they were back up to the full complement of eleven, following the sin bin, and with twenty minutes left it was 1-4, when a through ball was finished with a first time shot. Each away goal had been greeted with a louder cheer than the last, and Illogan knew they were about to take the title. St Day did pull it back to 2-4 in the final minute, but it was too late to alter the outcome.
So Illogan are champions, with four games to spare. St. Day remain second, but only lead Mullion, who have the better goal difference, by a single point. Both have three games to play.
